It's 37* here and was raining when I got up at 0400 (or perhaps heavvy dripping from the trees), but it's not raining now and we may even see a few sun peaks this afternoon.
Yesterday was a nice day. A little sewing, lunch out, and time with friends. Today will be a little sewing, some cleaning, and supper here with friends. I'm serving spaghetti at Bill's request so I"ll be getting the sauce made later this morning and into the crockpot to simmer.
My crazy quilt is coming along. Only 96 more blocks to make. I've been averaging about 20 per day. I've used up a LOT of scraps, and yet the scrap bin seems fuller than when I started!! What is up with that? I've made lots of 2-1/2" strips out of longer pieces for future scrappy bindings, and put narrower strips aside to cut into scrappy piano key borders, not to mention the 130 blocks I've made in the past 10 days. And I STILL have a fuller tote of scraps than when I started!
BECCA - there is a lot of nitty gritty business stuff to do when buying/selling homes. I hope it's all smoothed out soon. Chicken and dumplings sounds tasty. I bet Mark was happy. What kind of cobbler?
TINA - the pattern I used was about 40 years old, so it wasn't "new sizing" or anything like that. And, in my memory, they do run large. After removing the darts this shirt will fit Alec, but I'll need a size larger for Drew and Matt. I decided to remove Antonio from the list because we gave him a flannel shirt last year. We'll give him a bottle of nice brandy instead. I hope you got outside by the pond and enjoyed sunshine and your water critters. Bummer about your shade shelter. I hope it's an easy fix. Did you ever finish your house painting?
VELDA - I hope your new neighbor's furniture is just late. I know when Autumn, and later Lara, moved across country it took 6 to 8 weeks for their stuff to arrive. Major moving companies don't start until they have enough to fill the trailers and then make deliveries as they go cross-country. So, fingers crossed that is what is going on here. It seems a big and complicated undertaking to take charge of your HOA. I hope you get good participation. Are you or your DH interested in serving on the board? In their old house our SIL was president of their HOA, but only for one year. They had hundreds of homes in their development.
LORI - I'll have to check out your photo! I bet it's bee-yoo-ti-full!!
So tonite will be spaghetti. I'll make a simple spring mix salad early in the afternoon and lay a damp paper towel across the greens. This crisps them up nicely by dinner time. I also have foccacia to heat up and mango sorbet for dessert. Our guests will be bringing wine so we're all set!
What's in your oven for tonite?
left over tonight.
Vel